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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$279.03 -0.79%

(7/10 11:00) ◀

Friday, July 10, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 12:00pm) 2,951

Calls: 1,898 (64%)

Puts: 1,053 (36%)

Prior (07/08) 6,673

Calls: 5,012 (75%)

Puts: 1,661 (25%)

Current vs Prior -55.78%

Calls: -62.13% (Calls)

Puts: -36.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 44,587

Calls: 24,439 (55%)

Puts: 20,148 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,369

Calls: 3,491 (55%)

Puts: 2,878 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.67%

Calls: -45.64%

Puts: -63.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 12:00pm) $2.65M

Calls: $1.88M (71%)

Puts: $766.4K (29%)

Prior (07/08) $6.46M

Calls: $5.57M (86%)

Puts: $887.0K (14%)

Current vs Prior -59.01%

Calls: -66.24%

Puts: -13.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $41.91M

Calls: $31.36M (75%)

Puts: $10.55M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $5.99M

Calls: $4.48M (75%)

Puts: $1.51M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.78%

Calls: -58.01%

Puts: -49.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/10 12:00pm) 0.55

Prior (07/08) 0.33

Current vs Prior +67.41%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/10 12:00pm) 103,038

Calls: 57,045 (55%)

Puts: 45,993 (45%)

Prior (07/08) 96,244

Calls: 53,209 (55%)

Puts: 43,035 (45%)

Current vs Prior +7.06%

Prior 7-Day Total 654,395

Calls: 366,552 (56%)

Puts: 287,843 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 93,485

Calls: 52,364 (56%)

Puts: 41,120 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 1.59% | 4.91%4.91% | 13.17%

Prior 3.48% | 5.83%5.83% | 14.33%

Current vs Prior -54.20% | -15.82%-15.82% | -8.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.75% | 6.31%6.50% | 13.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.43% | -22.15%-24.44% | -4.55%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.48% | 5.83%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.20% | -15.82%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 67.34% | 14.61%

Calls: 78.26% | 14.29%

Puts: 56.41% | 14.93%

Prior 21.01% | 14.68%

Calls: 18.60% | 17.72%

Puts: 23.42% | 11.63%

Current vs Prior +220.51% | -0.48%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.79% | 13.88%

Calls: 35.30% | 14.43%

Puts: 32.29% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +99.26% | +5.26%

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($1.88M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 59% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.55.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 40 of results (avg 7.7%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	15.00	15.80	$15.40	5.2%	32	0.51	222
$230.00	Jul 31	48.70	51.50	$50.10	5.6%	--	0.94	43
$230.00	Jul 17	48.10	51.00	$49.55	5.9%	5	1.00	111
$230.00	Jul 10	47.90	50.80	$49.35	5.9%	--	1.00	10
$235.00	Jul 31	44.00	46.70	$45.35	6.0%	--	0.92	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	22.00	22.60	$22.30	2.7%	26	0.58	165
$270.00	Aug 21	11.20	11.80	$11.50	5.2%	--	0.39	575
$280.00	Aug 21	15.80	16.70	$16.25	5.5%	1	0.49	141
$290.00	Aug 7	19.30	20.40	$19.85	5.5%	1	0.61	3
$285.00	Jul 31	14.30	15.40	$14.85	7.4%	--	0.56	156

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 81 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	47.90	50.80	$49.35	5.9%	--	1.00	10
$240.00	Jul 10	37.90	40.70	$39.30	7.1%	--	1.00	37
$242.50	Jul 10	35.40	38.20	$36.80	7.6%	--	1.00	72
$245.00	Jul 10	32.90	35.70	$34.30	8.2%	--	1.00	30
$265.00	Jul 10	12.90	15.80	$14.35	20.2%	6	1.00	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$292.50	Jul 10	11.80	14.70	$13.25	21.9%	1	0.94	--
$285.00	Jul 10	4.30	7.30	$5.80	51.7%	41	0.88	4
$282.50	Jul 10	1.90	4.60	$3.25	83.1%	86	0.82	25
$310.00	Aug 21	34.70	37.90	$36.30	8.8%	--	0.75	10
$290.00	Jul 17	11.50	14.10	$12.80	20.3%	5	0.74	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 138 active (total vol 2.5K, top 255)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	0.40	1.10	$0.75	93.3%	255	0.37	332
$290.00	Jul 17	2.20	2.50	$2.35	12.8%	204	0.26	593
$305.00	Aug 14	5.10	6.80	$5.95	28.6%	202	0.27	1
$290.00	Aug 21	10.70	11.60	$11.15	8.1%	164	0.41	411
$282.50	Jul 10	0.05	0.70	$0.38	171.1%	49	0.18	112

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 31	17.40	19.00	$18.20	8.8%	166	0.63	13
$282.50	Jul 10	1.90	4.60	$3.25	83.1%	86	0.82	25
$277.50	Jul 17	5.00	5.90	$5.45	16.5%	69	0.45	22
$275.00	Jul 17	4.00	4.40	$4.20	9.5%	46	0.39	242
$285.00	Jul 10	4.30	7.30	$5.80	51.7%	41	0.88	4

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 53 strikes (avg 313.6%, max 910.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	436.6%	47.4%	821.7%	--	53
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	349.0%	49.0%	612.4%	2	62
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	311.5%	47.1%	560.8%	--	59
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	270.3%	41.7%	548.6%	12	157
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	266.6%	42.2%	531.2%	--	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	436.6%	43.2%	910.0%	11	168
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	479.2%	52.3%	816.9%	--	97
$235.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	394.5%	48.4%	715.6%	10	20
$245.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	311.5%	41.4%	653.0%	1	120
$247.50	Jul 10	Jul 24	290.9%	39.3%	639.7%	2	35

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 109 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$315.00	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$315.10
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$305.23
$300.00	$302.50	Jul 10	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$300.15
$305.00	$315.00	Jul 24	$0.65	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$305.65
$302.50	$305.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$302.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$249.87
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$249.87
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$229.84
$245.00	$235.00	Aug 14	$0.35	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$244.65
$240.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$0.55	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$239.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 138 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 1.85)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$239.75
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$234.75
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.25	$9.25	$0.75	12.33	$249.25
$270.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$272.30
$255.00	$257.50	Jul 10	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$257.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$14.00	$14.00	$6.00	2.33	$296.00
$287.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.13	$285.80
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 31	$3.35	$3.35	$1.65	2.03	$286.65
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	1.78	$283.40
$290.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$6.05	$6.05	$3.95	1.53	$283.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 50 found (avg debit $1.94, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.20	436.6%	73.1%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	266.6%	60.9%
$305.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.33	224.5%	42.8%
$252.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.40	249.7%	40.7%
$255.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.60	229.1%	42.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	479.2%	80.1%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	436.6%	73.1%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	332.2%	55.8%
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	394.5%	67.1%
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	373.6%	63.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 0.91% of stock, avg 8.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$280.00	Jul 10	$0.75	$1.80	$2.55	$277.45	$282.55	0.91%
$277.50	Jul 10	$2.65	$0.53	$3.18	$274.32	$280.68	1.14%
$282.50	Jul 10	$0.38	$3.25	$3.63	$278.87	$286.13	1.30%
$275.00	Jul 10	$4.50	$0.15	$4.65	$270.35	$279.65	1.67%
$285.00	Jul 10	$0.30	$5.80	$6.10	$278.90	$291.10	2.19%
$272.50	Jul 10	$6.95	$0.23	$7.18	$265.32	$279.68	2.57%
$270.00	Jul 10	$9.25	$0.08	$9.33	$260.67	$279.33	3.34%
$267.50	Jul 10	$11.85	$0.20	$12.05	$255.45	$279.55	4.32%
$277.50	Jul 17	$7.00	$5.45	$12.45	$265.05	$289.95	4.46%
$280.00	Jul 17	$5.80	$6.70	$12.50	$267.50	$292.50	4.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 157 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 3.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$292.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.15	$0.35	$274.65	$292.85
$287.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.23	$0.15	$0.38	$274.62	$287.88
$292.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.20	$0.40	$267.10	$292.90
$287.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.23	$0.20	$0.43	$267.07	$287.93
$292.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.23	$0.43	$272.07	$292.93
$285.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.30	$0.15	$0.45	$274.55	$285.45
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.23	$0.23	$0.46	$272.04	$287.96
$285.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.30	$0.20	$0.50	$267.00	$285.50
$282.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.38	$0.15	$0.53	$274.47	$283.03
$285.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.30	$0.23	$0.53	$271.97	$285.53

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 147 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $4.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
240/245	255/260	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$240.15	$259.85
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$250.18	$264.82
248/250	252/255	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$247.62	$254.88
255/260	270/275	Aug 7	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$255.30	$274.70
245/248	260/265	Jul 17	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$242.85	$264.65
252/255	260/265	Jul 17	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$250.37	$264.63
245/248	258/260	Jul 17	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$245.20	$259.80
252/255	258/260	Jul 17	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$252.72	$259.78
248/250	255/260	Jul 24	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$245.47	$259.53
248/250	260/265	Jul 24	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$245.47	$264.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 91 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$277.50	$280.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$4.81	25.32
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$2.39	21.73
$277.50	$280.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$2.35	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 126 found (best net $-0.20, 113 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$305.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.20	$19.80
$250.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.60	$16.40
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.21	$9.79
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.48	$9.52
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.06	$7.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.30	$11.70
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$10.00
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.51	$9.49
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.00	$9.00
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.15	$7.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 5.38%, avg 1.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$15.00	0.51	0.3%	5.38%	5.72%	32	222
$280.00	Aug 7	$12.20	0.50	0.3%	4.37%	4.72%	7	17
$290.00	Aug 21	$10.70	0.41	3.9%	3.83%	7.77%	164	411
$280.00	Jul 31	$10.60	0.50	0.3%	3.80%	4.15%	25	26
$285.00	Aug 7	$10.00	0.44	2.1%	3.58%	5.72%	--	430
$285.00	Jul 31	$8.50	0.44	2.1%	3.05%	5.19%	5	23
$290.00	Aug 7	$8.10	0.39	3.9%	2.90%	6.83%	2	6
$280.00	Jul 24	$7.90	0.49	0.3%	2.83%	3.18%	6	15
$300.00	Aug 21	$7.50	0.32	7.5%	2.69%	10.20%	41	643
$282.50	Jul 24	$6.80	0.45	1.2%	2.44%	3.68%	4	20

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,898

Total Puts 1,053

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 845

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,012

Total Puts 1,661

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 3,351

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 24,439

Total Puts 20,148

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.91

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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